2013外研版必修4Module 1“Life in the future”拓展课件.pptVIP

* MODULE 1　Life in the Future教材背景链接 The best way you can predict your future is to create it. —Stephen Covey 预测未来的最好办法就是创造未来。——斯蒂芬·科维 The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. —Eleanor Roosevelt 未来属于那些相信自己梦想的人。——埃莉诺·罗斯福 名言佳句 Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow. —Emerson，American thinker 进步是今天的活动，明天的保证。 ——美国思想家　爱默生 类文欣赏 “我的未来不是梦，我认真地过每一分钟，我的未来不是梦，我的心跟着希望在动……”科技的迅猛进步，创造了更高级的人类文明，实现了许多的伟大梦想，而几百年、几千年甚至几万年后我们的星球、我们的世界、我们的生活将会是什么样子呢？ How Different Will Things Be 20 Years From Now? We asked readers to write to tell us about their predictions for life in the future.Here are a few of their responses. A I don’t think life will change a lot over the next 20 years.Many of today’s problems such as poverty(贫穷)and war will still exist.I think more people will be living in even bigger cities than today.Fewer people will be living in the countryside.Climate change and pollution will be the most serious global problems，causing extreme(极端的) weather and disasters. Li Ling，Beijing B　　　　　　　 We’ll be doing all our shopping online.I think ordinary shops are going to disappear completely and they will be replaced by online shopping malls.The process(过程)has already started with some city supermarkets taking online orders.It’ll just become more widespread and we’ll be able to buy anything，even clothes.I imagine being able to use my mobile phone to visit the clothes department of a virtual(虚拟的)mall and order something that is exactly my size. Sharon，Sydney Chantal，Paris Mike，New York C I’m sure we won’t be driving flying cars or personal helicopters.I think it’s more likely that we’ll be walking and cycling around more.Oil is going to run out and cars are going to become too expensive to use.Also，air pollution will be a major problem in cities so we’ll have to find other clean means(方法)of transport.The railways will develop and there will be a lot more very fast inter-city trains. Decide which paragraphs these sentences belong to. 1．Th